In this article I will describe how I painted the Warsuit Lex Luthor model.

Paint List (scale colour paint range unless specified)

Irati green

Black forest green

Black

White

Sunset purple

Murderous magenta (P3)

Pink flesh

Golden skin

Indian shadow

White sands

Abyssal blue

Caspian blue

Bering blue

Lava orange (warpaints)

Sol yellow

Flesh tone ink (warpaints)

Dark tone ink (warpaints)

Over a white priming I applied a medium green (irati green) using an airbrush.

I then applied shading with dark green (black forest green) again using an airbrush. This was applied to the armour plates that are pointing towards the ground.

I added some very dark spots (my apologies for the blurry photo) using a mix of dark green and black.

To highlight the armour I applied a mix of medium green and white. This was sprayed from above the model but applied selectively to specific areas and not like a general zenithal light.

Before finishing the green I blocked in the remaining colours on the armour. This helped me to judge the level of contrast and ensure I wasn't painting any armour plates I wanted to be purple.

For the purple I used sunset purple. The remaining armour was painted with abyssal blue which is a dark blue grey.

I then applied a wash of dark tone ink over both of these colours.

To add definition to the green armour I lined each plate using a mix of dark green and black. I then used this same mix to enhance the shading. I applied several thin layers with the side of the brush tip to create a smooth transition without any additional blending.

Using a mix of medium green and white I edge highlighted all of the green armour. I used this same mix to also reinforce the areas highlighted with the airbrush.

To finish the green armour I spent time applying glazes using the various mixes of green, white and black to smooth the transitions and enhance the contrast.

Moving onto the purple I applied a very broad edge highlight onto all of the purple armour.

I then applied a thin layer of magenta over the entire surface of each "purple" armour plate.

In the centre of each plate I applied a thin layer of black.

I repeated the white edge highlight, magenta glaze and black glaze two more time before finishing the purple using one last edge highlight.